Even if you're a corrupted magical girl, you still have to try to redeem yourself.

Whether she continued watching TV, chatting, or playing handheld games with Baqi, she always felt a fire burning inside her, making it impossible for her to concentrate on what she was doing.

Throughout the day, that sudden anxiety lingered in my mind.

Throughout the day, Baqi cooperated with Yuki Yuki. Whenever Yuki Yuki proposed a new plan, she would carry it out seriously, and there was no perfunctory attitude in the entire process of accompanying her.

Yuuki was able to sense the extent to which Baqi had gone for herself.

This made her even more grateful, not only for having stopped Baqi, but also for the fact that Baqi was willing to stay by her side.

If she weren't there, Yuuki Yukino would definitely go crazy if she were home alone.

Indeed, if one person is unhappy, then the other person should be happy together. Yuuki Eri did exactly that, otherwise the situation could very well continue to worsen.

However, there was one point that Yuuki Yukino unconsciously overlooked.

She could actually choose not to stay at home.

If you don't like staying at home, go out and have some fun.

It feels a bit strange to say it's just for fun, but that's probably the gist of it.

"Baqi, do you want to go for a walk later?"

"Oh, okay. Is there anywhere you'd like to go?"

With clean and efficient communication and unwavering responses, Baqi is the kind of person who would agree to anything you say.

But where should we go? I really can't think of a definite idea right now.

Cinemas, arcades, shopping districts, parks... it seems there aren't many places that are particularly suitable for changing one's mood.

Or you could use your phone to check what fun things to do or good food to eat in Yuehai City.

When she came up with the idea, Yuuki immediately picked up her phone and started scrolling through the pages of unremarkable messages. Most of the messages were the same old fast food, while the more serious ones were nothing more than barbecue, regular dishes, or desserts.

Needless to say, there are plenty of places to visit. Given Yuuki Yuuki's personality—she often wanders around the city to inquire about historical events and find a place to kill time—she has already been to all the places in Tsukishima City that interested her.

However, the feeling of searching for treasures in a sea of ​​junk information can surprisingly calm you down.

Yuuki Yui had barely calmed down when a message that suddenly popped up in the notification bar reignited her anxiety.

"Are you there? Are you there? What are you all doing?"

It was posted by Helica in the Nijisanji group chat.

Yuuki Yukino swiped her finger and ignored the message.

"You two don't know, I went to the beach area today, intending to settle accounts with that book-loving woman."

Another message popped up, and before Yuuki could even cross it out, new messages kept popping up.

"As it turns out, those idiots at the TV station didn't cooperate with our magical girl work at all. I could have lured her out, but the reporter cut off the camera."

"What a bunch of idiots!"

"Are you there? Are you no one here?"

Ah, here it comes, the part where Helica bombards and dumps the trash every now and then.

The rest of the content consisted of Helica's useless trash talk, which was mostly her dissatisfaction with the reporter and her useless trash talk about Yuuki Yukino after her transformation.

It's clear that Helica really wanted to say these things on TV. Even if they were broadcast, if Yuuki Yuuki were in a good mood, a little trash talk wouldn't be a big deal and she wouldn't react to it at all.

Arrogant insults can be a reward for some arrogance enthusiasts, but rewards should be given at the right time.

Unfortunately, Yuuki Yukino was not in a bad mood at the moment; in fact, she was in a very bad mood.

A punching bag delivered right to your door, might as well take advantage of it.

“Baqi, I’ve thought of something interesting.”

Yuuki Enishi put down her phone with a kind smile.

"Yuki, your smile is terrifying." Yuki's distorted expression made Baqi shiver involuntarily.

"Haha, really?" Yuuki Yuuki clapped her hands together. "Let's not talk about that anymore, let's go beat up Helica."

Contrary to Yuuki Yukino's expectations, Tomoe was not excited. Instead, she looked worried and touched the back of her hand to her forehead to test the temperature before placing it on Yuuki Yukino's forehead.

"Xiao Yuan doesn't have a fever."

Baqi muttered to herself, then shuddered again. She hurriedly lifted Yuuki Emi's clothes and looked at her stomach, but her main focus should have been the black magic markings on her belly.

However, Yuuki Enishi's black markings were very quiet, no different from what Baqi had seen each time. From the first day Baqi met Yuuki Enishi, Yuuki Enishi's black markings had never changed; rather than quiet, they could be described as serene.

Then, Baqi cupped Yuuki's face in her hands and looked directly into Yuuki's eyes, as if trying to dig out something different from them, but of course, she failed again.

Baqi's eyes instantly lost all their luster, and her once bright and sunny eyes revealed a look of despair.

"It's over, Xiaoyuan is under too much pressure and has completely gone crazy."

"No way!" Yuuki grabbed Baqi's shoulders and shook her a few times.

"Could it be that Xiaoyuan has finally accepted her true feelings and is planning to become a complete villain, starting with that blond-haired dwarf? That's wrong, even if I really hate that blond-haired dwarf..."

Baqi's teeth chattered as she bit her thumb and spoke rapidly.

Yuuki Yukina increased the intensity of her shaking: "It has nothing to do with any of these things. I was just so bored that I decided to just go and beat her up."

"Oh!" Baqi immediately beamed, her eyes regaining their sparkle: "I was just bored, so I was planning to beat up that blond shorty. Why didn't you say so sooner, Xiaoyuan? I thought you'd gone crazy."

So why is it that Baki could so easily accept beating up a blond shorty out of boredom—no, I mean beating up Herika?

However, Yuuki Yukino didn't just want to cause trouble in front of Helica without considering the consequences.

The cause can be traced back to an ordinary morning during the holiday.

Chapter Thirty: Who chickened out?!

Yuuki Yukino first conceived the idea of ​​whether or not to go and fight Helica one morning at the beginning of her vacation.

That was when Yuuki Yuuki hadn't finished her summer homework and was staying at Tomoe's house.

That morning, Yuuki Yuki and Baqi, who had just gotten up, sat groggily at the table and put the heart-shaped sandwiches that Yuuki Yuki had made into their mouths.

By the way, heart sandwiches are also known as breakfasts where you just put all the ingredients you can see in bread and have a quick and easy breakfast if you don't want to cook in the morning.

"Xiaoyuan, have you noticed? Lately, we seem to be getting the short end of the stick." Baqi rinsed a large mouthful of food mixed with vegetables and carbohydrates down with half a cup of milk, and for some reason, she brought up this topic.

Yuuki Yui thought for a moment about the battles that had happened in the past. Baqi was right. Although none of the battles had reached the point of life and death, she didn't seem to have won cleanly and decisively many times. Most of the time, she either won by a narrow margin or was directly beaten to the ground.

“That seems to be true, but we haven’t had the power of magical girls for very long.” Yuuki Yu realized she might have let something slip, and quickly changed the subject to cover it up: “After being corrupted, it feels like I have to relearn how to fight.”

Compared to others, she and Baqi have indeed made rapid progress, but rapid progress does not change the fact that they have just left the starting line and there is still a certain gap between them and others that they need to make up for.

Well, all I can say is that the future looks promising.

If we lose even once, what future do we have? We absolutely must level up quickly!

"Ultimately, it's because the two of us are not strong enough. If we could take them all down, what would we be worried about? We could just go for it."

Baqi's idea was still as simple and crude as ever, but it hit the nail on the head.

Yuuki Yukino grabbed a sandwich and took a big bite: "I can't just eat it all."

"That's exactly what I mean, it's not like I'm really going to kill them." Baqi said in a coquettish tone, then became serious again:

"I've also thought about ways to improve my strength. The exercises we've done are all basic, such as how to manipulate magic and how to make magic more abundant. They are indeed important, but they are of little help in actually improving strength. Without opportunities for real combat, we still can't apply the results of our training to real-world situations."

“Indeed.” Yuuki Yuuki deeply understood this.

Apart from her battle with Tsukimi Rie, Yuuki Yuki's magical power has always been abundant. In terms of sheer magical power, Yuuki Yuki has far more than Tomoe. However, battles are not simply a contest of magical power; one must use their magical power to win.

"Should we do some real combat practice? I feel like it would be very useful."

Yuuki En had considered having a practical exercise with Tomoe, but she had previously rejected the idea.

If Yuuki Yukino and Tomoe were to spar, they would usually hold back, intentionally or unintentionally. Yuuki Yukino's tentacles might be able to hold back, but Tomoe's relentless and aggressive fighting style meant that if you got hit, you would definitely get hit hard. If you were to fight with all your might, you would definitely get hurt.

If, after an exhilarating training session, both of them are nearly depleted of magic or even injured, and happen to have a fantastical encounter with a magical girl, the consequences are predictable.

Isn't there a way to give it your all without worrying about being robbed of your chance by magical girls?

Or just go and be like the villains in various anime, and cause trouble for magical girls every day.

This way, both sides will become stronger. If they encounter a powerful enemy, they can find a way to join forces. It would be even better if they could use this opportunity to prove their conscience and clear their name.

It's like saying something like, "Even though we have different ideologies, let me help you this time." You could actually say that, right?

Besides, even though Helica isn't pretending to be a little brat anymore, isn't it still fun to see a tsundere get completely destroyed?

It's really great that he was able to kindly comfort Helica after she was beaten up and even improve his relationship with her.

She is a fallen magical girl, and while she may not harm ordinary people or cause serious consequences, it's not wrong to bully magical girls, right?

The idea that suddenly popped into her head on that ordinary morning, and now, on this ordinary yet frustrating evening, Yuuki Eri decides to set out to make it a reality.

The evening breeze after the heavy rain was exceptionally refreshing, neither chilly nor hot, carrying only the faint scent of fresh grass.

On such a cool night, most citizens who have been trapped in their rooms all day due to the heavy rain will choose to come out and breathe some fresh air.

As a result, there were more people on the streets tonight than usual, and most areas were filled with a joyful and harmonious atmosphere.

However, Yuuki Yuuki's destination is the small commercial street closest to Herika's house.

As for the reason, the fearsome pink-haired demon was sitting on a magic book, resting his chin on his hand, floating near the huge billboard at the entrance of the commercial street. The girl in military uniform who often appeared with the pink demon was sitting directly on the billboard, dangling her legs and swinging them back and forth listlessly.

Two magical girls, who were perceived as bringing great crisis to Moonsea City, simply floated there, doing nothing, but their mere presence was enough to make the people nearby uneasy.

The majority of people were restless, but some were willing to risk unknown dangers to record this once-in-a-lifetime scene.

However, anyone who dares to raise their phone in front of the pink demon will have a tentacle extend from the magic book beneath her to her side, raising the tentacle to slap the person's buttocks twice.

It doesn't hurt, but regardless of age, everyone will be whipped a couple of times by the tentacles in the street, which is extremely humiliating.

People discovered that you can't take pictures of the pink devil, but you can if the pink devil extends its tentacles to slap people's butts. If the person being slapped is accidentally included in the photo, and it gets published online, there's nothing that can be done about it.

After a few reckless high school girls were whipped by the tentacles and ran away clutching the spots where they had been hit, people never dared to point their phones at the pink demon in the sky again.

"Do you think she'll come or not?" Baqi asked Yuuki Yuuki in a low voice.

"Probably?" Yuuki Yui couldn't make a definitive conclusion either. Based on her understanding of Herlica, given Herlica's personality, she would definitely come over to meddle.

Although Helica has significant personality flaws and her methods of upholding justice are somewhat outrageous, a magical girl is a magical girl, and she certainly wouldn't disregard the safety of the city... right?

Magical girls can vaguely sense each other's magic power. With her blatant appearance and destruction, whether it's sensing magic power or reading comments online, Helica should have shown up by now.

However, apart from her own and Tomoe's magic, Yuuki Yuuki could not sense the presence of any third magical girl.